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Loki had been escorted to his room with no help from Thor. His limp was noticeable, but no one commented. The second the door closed behind him, he sunk to the floor, his legs giving out. How would he ever be able to live an everyday life again? Not that his life was very ordinary, to begin with, but being on Thor's bad side never seemed to improve anything. But he was irrational. Thor was circling Loki constantly, and he couldn’t stand it. Loki dragged himself over to the bed. The room was plain with grey walls and some paintings scattered around, but at least it had a private bathroom and no cameras watching his every move. No one trusted him, but he was okay with that, and they didn’t deem him a threat or, as Fury had suggested, he would be in a cell. Loki wanted to remain peaceful until needed otherwise. Surprisingly, there was a knock on the door. Loki limped to the door, opening it to reveal Natasha Romanoff standing at his door. “I want to warn you that Clint is coming tonight and doesn’t know you’re here,” Natasha said, looking Loki in the eyes. “I feel as if you should have warned him before he was arriving.” Loki said, “Let’s call it a surprise, and if you even try and threaten him, I’ll kill you.” Natasha said there goes being peaceful: “Do I look in the mood for a fight.” Loki dulled. Natasha glared at him. “We’re having a bit of a get-together party in the living room if you want to come,” Natasha said, walking back down the hall.
He should go to just to become more of a friendly figure instead of the intimidating and insane god of mischief. But then again, Thor would be there, possibly causing unrest, but Thor and he would have to get over this if they had to spend days on a spaceship together. Loki washed his face and decided to go and see whether Thor was there or not. He walked down the hall towards where the sound was coming from. It seemed Clint hadn’t arrived yet, but Thor was there and had noticed Loi. The second he was in eyesight, Thor walked over. “Do you need any help, Loki? I’m sorry about my outburst earlier.” Thor asked, standing next to Loki. His actions confused him. One moment, he was mad, and now he was fine. “no, I’m fine.” Loki said, “Then come in. Don’t just stand there.” Thor said, dragging Loki into the living room. Everyone’s eyes were on him momentarily, and then they returned to their conversation. You could sense the atmosphere changed, but they acted as if nothing was wrong. Loki just sat there awkwardly, being silent. No one talked to him, and he didn’t speak to anyone until he heard someone walk in. There were none other than Hawkeye or Clint Barton. He didn’t notice Loki at first; he stood there engaging, and then he looked up. When he saw Loki, his face went pale, and he lost all of the color in his face. “You,” Clint yelled, charging at Loki. He remained at ease as Clint grabbed his shirt, pulling him up. “What in the fuck are you doing here,” Clint yelled in his face. Loki looked bored because he was, “I would have thought someone would have told you.” Loki responded. Thor stood up. “Clint, stand down.” Steve said, “he’s tricked you somehow. You would never work with this piece of shit in a million years.” Clint said, releasing Loki’s shirt. “There was no trick, only alliance out of necessity.” Loki said, “I don’t want to hear your answer; I want to hear his.” Clint said, “Loki is accurate. As you’ve heard, Thanos is here for their infinity stones, and Loki knows more about it than any of us, and we need to deal with him until he is no longer needed.” Steve said.
This offended Loki to no bounds what would happen when he was no longer needed. Clint swept in before Loki could interject. “So he’s only temporary. What happens when you don’t need him anymore?” Clint asked Loki the same question: “We get rid of him one way or another.” Steve said Loki would no longer tolerate such things being said about him. “Excuse me, I am standing right here, and what I’m hearing is that you all want me dead, and the second that I’m not helpful, you're going to kill me. What benefit does it provide me to help you to prolong my own death.” Loki snapped, “Yes, I agree because from what I’ve been told, there has been no mention of aggression towards Loki, and suddenly, you seem to want Loki dead, and if you think I will allow such behavior, you are mistaken.” Thor said, “can everyone just calm down we just need to weigh what is worth more a fellow avenger or some super villain.” Tony said “so what you expect me to react well to this news to just sit back waiting for my death and if you think there is any way I’m going to help you ever again that’s so naïve.” Loki snapped back. Thor started to get mad because you could see lightning dancing around his fingers. “sorry I have to ask when did we decide this because I know I would never have let this happen.” Bruce said, speaking up, “Bruce, can you not dance around the issue about Loki? You should have seen this coming.” Tony said. “No, actually, I think it is insanely wrong to just lie to someone about something as important as this,” Bruce said. Steve sighed. “So you side with him over us? We are your friends; he's a murderer.” Tony yelled, “Did you know that I was actually on a spaceship with Loki for six months, and he’s gotten to know me more than any of you ever tried to, and he’s actually a pretty great person and at least is open about his problems not trying to pretend to be perfect like the rest of you.” Bruce yelled, “Bruce, are you seriously saying you like him more than us.” Natasha said Loki was trying to calm himself down. He could sense his magic trying to protect him, and you could see Sedior encircle him. His magic could feel the power and hostility in the room. Loki attempted to push the magic back, but it didn’t work. “I am just going to warn you right now that I’m holding back, and the fact I thought that you, of all people, would have my best interest at heart.” Loki snapped everyone's gaze on him, noticing the magic around him, and this is when Strange started to act. “Loki, you're going to need to calm down,” Strange said. There was no way he could contain the magic in Loki’s clamber. “why should I? I’m being threatened. My magic knows that. And you can’t stop me even if you wanted.” Loki said, “Loki, you need to go before something bad happens.” Thor whispered. Loki nodded, disappearing in a circle of green. Now that Loki was gone, what would happen?